Hook-and-eye fastening.



M. FROESE.

HOOK AND EYE FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1910 Patented May 6, 1913.

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HOOK-AND-EYE FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1913.

Application filed August 29, 1910. Serial No. 579,479.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MINNA Fnonsn, a citizenof the United States, residing at New vention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to Wl11Cl1 it appertams to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to hook and eye fastenings for garments and hasfor its object to provide, improved fastenings of this character of suchconstruction that they will additionally serve as flexible, elastic edgestrips for the garments to be fastened.

Vith this object in view the invent-ion consists in the improvedconstruction and arrangement of the parts of a device of this characterwhich will be hereinafter fully described and afterward specificallyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a plan view of a hook and eyefastening constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is asimilar view of a modified form of the fastening; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a similar view on theline 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 denotes the hook member ofthe fastening and 2 the eye member. The hook member 1 is formed from asingle'strip of wire which is bent at suitable intervals to form thehooks 3. In forming the hooks the wire is first bent upon itself to forma loop 4:, said loop being doubled or bent back a suitable distance toform the bill of the hook which may be of any desired length. After thewire has been thus bent to form the bill the same is bent laterally inopposite directions and thence back to form laterally projectingattaching loops 5 which are adapted to receive the thread for fasteningthe front portion of the hooks to the material to which they areapplied.

After forming the attaching loops the ends of the wire are bent at rightangles and brought together to form the engaging shanks 6 of the hookand at the inner ends of the shanks, the wire is bent to form attachingeyes 7 to receive the thread for fastening the inner portions of thehooks and the connecting portions of the wire to the fabric. Afterforming the attaching eyes 7 the wire is bent laterally in oppositedirections to form the connecting devices Sbetween the hooks. The wirefrom which the hooks are formed may be of any desired length thusproviding for the formation of any desired number of hooks which may bearranged at any desired distance apart. The eye member 2 of thefastening is also formed from a single strip of wire which is bentatsuitable intervals to form loops 9, the opposite sides of which arebent laterally to form short attaching loops 10 to receive the threadfor fastening the outer portion of the eye members to the fabric. At theinner ends of the loop 9 forming the eye the wire is bent to formattaching eyes 11 which are adapted to receive the'thread for fasteningthe inner portion of the eyes to the fabric after which the wire is bentlaterally to form the connecting parts 12 between the eyes.

As clearly shown the ends of the attaching loops 5 are in contactingrelation with the shanks 6, and in contact with one another, the partsreferred to being held in their relative positions by sewing the memberto the garment in the manner described, whereby the entire structure ofthe hook member is yielding throughout its entire length and willcomfortably conform to the body of the wearer, the yielding connectedattaching loops 5 bracing and preserving the uniform edge of thegarment. The eye member is likewise constructed and attached to thegarment and the attaching eyes 7 and 11 of each of the members furtherrender the same resilient laterally. r

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,the portions of the wire forming the shanks 6 of the hooks and innerends of the eye loops 9 are crossed, otherwise this form of hook and eyeis the same as that shown in the first figure of the drawing. It will benoted that there is no unnecessary thickness of the Wire and that thehooks and eyes'will lie flat against the material thus adapting thehooks and eyes for use on thin material wherein the use of hooks of theordinary construction present a clumsy and unsightly appearance. It willalso be noted that in forming the hooks and eyes from a single strip ofwire that they serve to hold the edges of the material in place andfurthermore that if one or more of the hooks or eyes should become loosethey will be still held in place by the adjoining hooks or eyes of thefastening. It will be further noted that the attaching loops 5 and 10 ofthe hook and eye members have their ends in such close proximity as topermit the adjacent sides of two hooks or eyes to be simultaneouslyfastened with the same stitches.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

My improved fastening and edge supporting members 1 and 2 areparticularly useful with garments made of delicate or thin material forseveral reasons, to wit: Each fastening strip is connected to thegarment by stitching at the contacting edges of the loops 10 of adjacenthooks or eyes, the row of such points of stitching being parallel withthe garment edges. Each fastening strip is fur ther attached to thegarment by stitching through the adjacent contacting eyes or coils 7these points of attachment being in a second row parallel with thegarment edge and with the first row, the points of stitching of each rowalternating with the points of the other row. Each point of stitching isconnected with those adjacent to it by flexible elastic wires so thatwhile the material is held in shape by the continuous wires, thematerial and attached wires of the series of fasteners will give whenbent, or indented, or depressed, at any point, and reassume its properposition when the pressure is removed. The wires of all of the parts ofboth series of fastenings are so bent and shaped that ordinary pressureapplied at any point will cause the wire and material to give at anumber of points, the wire of each attaching loop giving by bending atthe bend of the loop, or at the attaching coils or eyes, the wires ofthe shanks 6 having several flexing points in the same manner and theconnecting wires 8 having flexing or yielding points at each end in thecoils or eyes 7 Various changes in the form, proportion and the minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from theprinciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention asdefined in the ap pended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A garment fastener comprising continuous metallic flexible bindingstrips, each of which is adapted to be secured to the edges of thegarment to be connected, whereby said edges are flexibly and uniformlystrengthened, said strips consisting of a plurality of loops arranged inparallel relation to one another and secured to the garment adjacent tothe edges thereof, connecting crossing bars forming a continuation ofthe loops and provided with eyes for further securing the strips to thegarment beyond the edges thereof, the eyes of one section being unitedto the eyes of the adjacent section, the medial portion of the loops ofsaid strips opposite the crossing bars thereof being con structed forinterlocking engagement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

MINNA FROESE. Witnesses CARL Bones, LEON G. Losnnn.

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